Voss Portfolio S '24

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education Thomas Jefferson University (TJU), East Falls, Pennsylvania — Bachelor of Landscape Architecture AUGUST 2020 - CURRENT (EST. GRADUATION MAY 2024)

bio

elizabeth ‘emmie’ voss emmievoss@gmail.com issuu.com/emmievoss

My interest in working in landscape design stems from wanting to create an ecological impact in the world. This area of interest provided creative freedom, collaboration, and the opportunity to create accessible spaces in my design work. Through my studies in Landscape Architecture, I have found that I can use my artistic abilities to quickly and efficiently show concepts to clients and fellow designers.

I am a senior in the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture program at Thomas Jefferson University’s College of Architecture and the Built Environment. As a recent inductee of Tau Sigma Delta, I volunteer with the Fairmount Park Conservatory and the Jefferson Community Outreach Office to improve gardens and pathways in and around Philadelphia. After spending a summer as one of two Katherine Mabis McKenna Foundation Landscape Interns at Fallingwater, I am spending my senior year as the 20232024 President of the TJU American Society of Landscape Architects Student Chapter.

achievements Urban Land Institute Etkin Scholar 2023 Philadelphia Women in Construction Selected Scholar 2023 Tau Sigma Delta 2023 HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTEE Alpha Lambda Delta 2021 HONOR SOCIETY

INDUCTEE

Ethel G. Harvey Presidential Award 2020 Girl Scout Gold Award 2019

other Initative Taker Strong Leader Hobby Painter Cat Lover Frequent Traveler Happy Doodler Avid Reader Adaptable Creative Dependable and Honest

selected works

h2woah trail network hut on sleds at neshaminy amplification framing concrete a&d and the phantom tree learn. play. create. technical samples fallingwater bore sites Cover Page: Rendering of Grace VanderWaal’s Treehouse (Rhino +Enscape Spread: Personal Image taken in San Francisco (Nov 2022) Blurred for text legibility Back Cover: Splash in the Ruins: a Painted Perspective (digitally edited)

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RAIL LINE

FOUNTAIN GREEN MURAL

PLANTED MEDIAN REDUCED RADII

KELLY

DRIV E

ENHANCED CROSSWALKS + SPEED TAB STREET TREES SPEED CUSHIONS

MEDIAN

BLES

h2woah! trail network

Partnered with Logan Lewis (TJU) Working with the Preschool Students at Smith Urban Nature (SUN) Preschool, we designed a trail network themed around water. We had to think and play like a kid to truly be able to design with them.

I concentrated on the trail’s end, connecting the new pathway to an existing trail (Boxer’s Trail in East Fairmount Park) and making the Fountain Green Drive and Kelly Drive (East River Drive) safer for the little two to five year olds.

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0’ 8’ 16’

EXISTING This page: Existing Conidtions Section ofCONDITIONS Fountain Green DriveSECTION #2 1/8” = 1’ Opposite: ProposedConditions of Fountain Green Drive 03 7.5’ LEFT TURN LANE

7.5’ RIGHT TURN LANE

4’ BIKE LANE

8” CURB + GUTTER

18” LIGHTPOLE BASE

2 0’ 5’ 15’ 30’

18” LIGHTPOLE BASE

4’ CONCRETE SIDEWALK

8” CURB + GUTTER

15’ COMBINED CAR+BIKE LANE

PEAK OF CROWN 6” ABOVE GUTTER LEVEL

32’

0’

1/8” = 1’ 8’ 16’ 32’

PROPOSED CONDITIONS SECTION #2 04

18” LIGHTPOLE BASE

4’ CONCRETE SIDEWALK

3’ RAMP + DETECTABLE WARNING

1’ DEPRESSED CURB + GUTTER

5’ BIKE LANE

9’ NB THRU LANE

1’ DEPRESSED CURB

12’ CONCRETE MEDIAN

1’ DEPRESSED CURB

9’ SB THRU LANE

5’ BIKE LANE

1’ DEPRESSED CURB + GUTTER

3’ RAMP + DETECTABLE WARNING

4’ CONCRETE SIDEWALK

18” LIGHTPOLE BASE

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F O U N T A I N GREEN DRIVE

CONNECTION TO RESERVOIR DRIVE VERNAL POOL

SALAMANDER HIDEOUT EROSION SLIDE

SUN CONNECTION

STICKS PLAY AREA BOXER TRAIL CONNECTION

Boxer’s Trail

CREEK FALLS REST ZONE

Smith Playhouse RAIL LINE

FOUNTAIN GREEN MURAL

PLANTED MEDIAN REDUCED RADII

KELLY

DRIV E

ENHANCED CROSSWALKS + SPEED TABLES STREET TREES SPEED CUSHIONS

MEDIAN

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Schuylkill River

H2WOAH! SMITH PLAYGROUND WATER TRAIL | PLAN LOGAN LEWIS + EMMIE VOSS | LARC 401

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H2WOAH! SMITH PLAYGROUND WATER TRAIL | VERNAL POND LOGAN LEWIS + EMMIE VOSS | LARC 401

RAIL LINE PLANTED MEDIAN REDUCED RADII

KEL LY D RIV E

MEDIAN ENHANCED CROSSWALKS + SPEED TABLES

STREET TREES SPEED CUSHIONS

SECTION BY LOGAN LEWIS RENDERING/SECTION BY LOGAN LEWIS

RENDERING/SECTION BY LOGAN LEWIS

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loor Plan

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Main Floor Plan

Loft Plan Main Floor Plan Main Floor Plan

Loft Plan

Loft Plan

Loft Plan

Loft Plan

Roof Plan Loft Plan

Roof Plan

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Roof Plan

RoofLoft Plan Plan

Roof Plan

Roof Plan

Roof Plan

Elevation (As pulled by a Tractor) Elevation (As pulled by Elevation a Tractor)(As pulled by a Elevation (As pulled by a Tractor) Elevation (As pulled by a Tractor) Closed to the Outdoors

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Opening Up

Opening Up Opening Up

Elevation (As pulled by a Tractor)

Elevation (As pulled by a Tractor)

Elevation (As pulled by a Tractor)

Integrated with the Outdoors

Integrated with Opening Up the Outdoors Integrated with the Outdoors

Integrated with the Outdoors Integrated with the Outdoors

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hut on sleds at neshaminy

The initial project was to simply create a rendering of a pre-existing cabin and place it in a state park in Pennslyvania.

Upon further reflection, there was a realization of how unique the coastal landscape of Neshaminy Park is in comparision to the mountains and forested plains that cover most of Pennslyvania.

This started a continuation of the project with a study of tidal freshwater marsh plant surveys and creating a new planting plan for the park, with regards to the Hut on sleds.

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BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME

MAR APR MAY JUN JUL

AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB

MAR APR MAY JUN JUL

AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB

Quercus phellos Willow Oak Acer saccharinum Silver Maple

Index Botanical Name

Common Name

Mature Size Bloom Time

Bloom Color

Liquidambar styraciflua Sweetgum Acer rubrum Red Maple Ilex opaca American Holly

SHADE TREES

Vaccinium corybosum Highbush Blueberry

Qp

Quercus phellos Willow Oak

80'-120'

Fall color: yellow

As

Acer saccharinum Silver Maple

50'-80'

Fall color: yellow

Ls

Liquidambar styraciflua Sweetgum

60'-75'

Fall color: red

Ar

Acer rubrum Red Maple

60'-90'

Fall color: red

Vibernum recognitum Arrow-wood Clethera alnifolia Sweet Pepperbush Cuscuta polygonorum Smartweed Dodder Lycopus rubellus Bugleweed Smilax rotundifolia Greenbrier Sagittaria latifolia Wapato (Broadleaf Arrowhead)

EVERGREENS Io

Sagittaria subulata Subulate Arrowhead

Ilex opaca American Holly

40'-50'

May, Jun

Blooms white

Sagittaria calycina Long-Lobed Arrowhead Strophostyles umbellata Wild Bean Hibiscus alternifolia Swamp Rose-Mallow

SHRUBS

Heteranthera multiflora Mud-Plaintain

Vc

Vaccinium corybosum Highbush Blueberry

6'-12'

May

Blooms white

Vr

Vibernum recognitum Arrow-wood

6'-15'

May, Jun

Blooms white

Amaranthus cannabinus Waterhemp Ragweed

5'-10'

Jul, Aug

Blooms pink

Symphyotrichum puniceum Purple-stemmed Aster

Ca

Clethera alnifolia Sweet Pepperbush

Polygona articulata Jointweed

Eupatorium rotundifolium Round-Leaved Eupatorium Typha latifolia Common Cat-tail

PERENNIALS + VINES Cp

Vine

Mar, Apr, May

Blooms white

Lr

Lycopus rubellus Bugleweed

6"-9"

Apr, May, Jun

Blooms purple

Sr

Smilax rotundifolia Greenbrier

Vine

May, Jun

Blooms green

Andropogon glomeratus Bushy Blue Stem

Sl

Sagittaria latifolia Wapato (Broadleaf Arrowhead)

1'-3'

May, Jun, Jul

Blooms white

Eleocharis parvula Dwarf Spike Rush

Ss

Sagittaria subulata Subulate Arrowhead

2"-3"

Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept

Blooms white

Sc

Sagittaria calycina Long-Lobed Arrowhead

1'

July, Aug

Blooms yellow/white

Vine

Jul, Aug, Sept

Blooms purple

3'-7'

Jul, Aug, Sept

Blooms pink

Su

Cuscuta polygonorum Smartweed Dodder

Bidens bidentoides Swamp Beggar-Ticks

Strophostyles umbellata Wild Bean

Ha

Hibiscus alternifolia Swamp Rose-Mallow

Zizania aquatica Wild Rice Echinochloa walteri Walter Barnyard Grass

Triplasis purpurea Purple Sand Grass

BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME Quercus phellos Willow Oak Acer saccharinum Silver Maple

Hm

Heteranthera multiflora Mud-Plaintain

2"-6"

July, Aug, Sept, Oct

Blooms purple

Liquidambar styraciflua Sweetgum

Pa

Polygona articulata Jointweed

4"-20"

July, Aug, Sept, Oct

Blooms white

Acer rubrum Red Maple

Ac

Amaranthus cannabinus Waterhemp Ragweed

10'

Aug, Sept

Blooms green/white

Sp

Symphyotrichum puniceum Purple-stemmed Aster

3'-6'

Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov

Blooms purple

5'-10'

Sept, Oct, Nov

Blooms white

Er

Eupatorium rotundifolium Round-Leaved Eupatorium

Ilex opaca American Holly Vaccinium corybosum Highbush Blueberry Vibernum recognitum Arrow-wood Clethera alnifolia Sweet Pepperbush Cuscuta polygonorum Smartweed Dodder

GRASSES

Lycopus rubellus Bugleweed

Tl

Typha latifolia Common Cat-tail

6'

May, Jun, Jul

No Petals- Brown Cattails

Bb

Bidens bidentoides Swamp Beggar-Ticks

1'-2'

Jul, Aug, Sept

Blooms yellow

3'-10'

Jul, Aug, Sept

Blooms yellow

6'

Aug, Sept

Blooms red/brown

4'-6'

Aug, Sept, Oct

Blooms white/brown

Za Ew

Zizania aquatica Wild Rice Echinochloa walteri Walter Barnyard Grass

Smilax rotundifolia Greenbrier Sagittaria latifolia Wapato (Broadleaf Arrowhead) Sagittaria subulata Subulate Arrowhead Sagittaria calycina Long-Lobed Arrowhead Strophostyles umbellata Wild Bean

Ag

Andropogon glomeratus Bushy Blue Stem

Ep

Eleocharis parvula Dwarf Spike Rush

3'

Aug, Sept, Oct

Blooms brown

Heteranthera multiflora Mud-Plaintain

Tp

Triplasis purpurea Purple Sand Grass

6"-30"

Aug, Sept, Oct

Blooms purple

Polygona articulata Jointweed

Hibiscus alternifolia Swamp Rose-Mallow

Amaranthus cannabinus Waterhemp Ragweed Symphyotrichum puniceum Purple-stemmed Aster Eupatorium rotundifolium Round-Leaved Eupatorium Typha latifolia Common Cat-tail Bidens bidentoides Swamp Beggar-Ticks Zizania aquatica Wild Rice Echinochloa walteri Walter Barnyard Grass Andropogon glomeratus Bushy Blue Stem Eleocharis parvula Dwarf Spike Rush

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Triplasis purpurea Purple Sand Grass

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amplification

FEATURED IN SPACEWORKS 09 An attempt to animate a welcoming community entrance as an addition to the Athletic Recreation Center in the Sharswood and Brewerytown Neighborhoods in Philadelphia.

This design makes an already-existing community space more inviting to the public and neighborhood. This will positively impact how people interact with the space while bringing muchneeded attention to the Athletic Recreation Center.

Scan QR Code below for animated video

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bucket formwork what is this?

In order to experiment with concrete, the project was to use a formwork (such as a propped sock in a bucket) to understand the flexibility of concrete as a building material. We were given complete and total creative freedom; the only limitations were that 1) the finished structure had to be standing at or over 12” tall, 2) The fabric or other formwork was to be removed, and 3) some creativity to be used in the process. I chose an ambitious formwork- three socks braided together, with the intention to have three separate concrete pillars that would only be ‘attached’ with their intertwining shape. The form was easy enough to make, but getting the fabric off... Not so much.

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freestanding formwork

alcohol fire

framing concrete

gasoline fire

final pillar

is this a failure?

In the last project for Architectural Technology class, we used concrete. There were a lot of studies on rebar and form building, environmental impacts form making Portland cConcrete, and how to best use this material when it comes to design and construction.

The main idea was to fundmentally understand concrete as a building material.

I do not consider this as a failure, as many people (including myself ) have been intrigued by the end result that is this bizarre-shaped and weirdly-colored structure.

The making of the form was simple and straightforward, but the process of getting the formwork off the concrete has been quite the adventure. I took the concrete masonist’s words of “burn it” to heart, and have proceeded to light this concrete pillar on blazing fire for several nights since this form was made. I also used some brute force to try and rip off the fabric. The final result is this shredded, cracked, and darkwith-ash form. If I had to make this pillar again, I would have a different fabric that is much more flammable than polyester, and would actually burn away.

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a&d and the phantom tree

Partnered with Kristina Kvavle-Slay (TJU) Challenged with finding and solving a real urban hydrology issue in our local area, we chose a site that constantly floods whenever it rains- the ‘A&D Pond’. Upon research, we found that there used to be a large tree situated right where the flooding happens- a clear indicator that the site desperately needed new planting to manage the water flooding in the absence of the phantom tree.

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learn. play. create.

FEATURED IN PBS WHYY - Park in a Truck Working with SPARC, a rehabilitation non-profit for disabled adults in the Greater Philadelphia area, I designed a concept outdoor area for their complex in West Huntingpark on West Westmoreland. We did community charette design sessions with SPARC Partipicants and worked with Jefferson University’s Occupational Therapy program.

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LARGE SECOND ENTRANCE PORTICO FOR THE PEOPLE

WELCOMING PRESENCE

POLLINATOR GARDEN FOR THE BIRDS AND OTHER CREATURES

OBSERVATION

BENCHES AND QUADS TO SIT/LIE IN ALL ACROSS CAMPUS

RELAXATION

PORTICO + GRASSY OUTDOOR SPACE FOR CREATIVE ARTS

CREATION

GREENHOUSE+ GARDEN BEDS FOR PLANT GROWTH

GROWTH

LARGE BLACKTOP ARENA WITH LOTS OF GAMES TO PLAY

SPORTS

PORTICO + QUADS TO HANG WITH FRIENDS AND PLAY

FRIENDS

LARGE GRASS FIELDS AND LOTS OF TREES FOR SHADE

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LEGEND: EX. CONDITIONS

REMOVE EX. FIREPLACE AND ASSOC. FOOTINGS

Proposed Pooldeck

REMOVE EX. WALLS AND ASSOC. FOOTINGS

Proposed Paving: See Detail Proposed Sundecks

REMOVE EX. FLAGSTONE

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FLAGSTONE

REMOVE EXISTING FLAGSTONE PAVING, ASSOCIATED STONE BASE AND HAUL OFF SITE

Ex. Residence

PLANTERS

REMOVE PLANTERS AND CLEAR EXISTING VEGETATION, KEEP ONSITE FOR BERM FILL

TREES

Brothers' Park

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Lawn

Proposed 1100sf Pool

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LEGEND: DEMOLITION

High-End Residential Retrofit 6 Devonshire Court, Blue Bell, PA

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Proposed Jacuzzi

Description:

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Ex. Residence

Football Area (Lawn)

REMOVE EXISTING TREE, GRIND OUT EXISTING STUMP TO KEEP ONSITE FOR MULCH FOR PROPOSED BEDS

Proposed Outdoor Shelter Proposed Wood-burning Pit

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fallingwater bore sites

Partnered with Grazelle Giray (UMD) In the Summer of 2023, I had the honor of serving as one of two Katherine Mabis McKenna Foundation Fallingwater Landscape Interns at Mill Run, PA. Shown here is a sample of work of designing a restoration project for disturbed ‘bore’ sites on the Fallingwater by Frank Llyod Wright’s grounds.

For a full recap of our Fallingwater experience, please scan the QR code below.

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thank you. emmievoss@gmail.com issuu.com/emmievoss